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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1000 PM EST MON JAN 5 2015
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...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2014...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1868 TO 2015
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 102 07/03/1966
07/04/1911
LOW -37 02/16/1943
HIGHEST 92 07/02 96 -4
LOWEST -17 01/04 -15 -2
AVG. MAXIMUM 56.7 58.0 -1.3
AVG. MINIMUM 34.2 34.8 -0.6
MEAN 45.5 46.4 -0.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 3 11.5 -8.5
DAYS MAX <= 32 54 45.3 8.7
DAYS MIN <= 32 162 167.0 -5.0
DAYS MIN <= 0 25 14.8 10.2
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 57.99 2008
MINIMUM 24.17 1965
TOTALS 46.03 40.61 5.42
DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.11 0.02
DAYS >= .01 141 130.9 10.1
DAYS >= .10 82 78.4 3.6
DAYS >= .50 31 27.0 4.0
DAYS >= 1.00 11 9.3 1.7
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.56 06/25 TO 06/26
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 128.4 1956
TOTALS 76.7 61.4 15.3
SINCE 7/1 16.6 17.1 -0.5
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 4
DAYS >= TRACE 52 30.0 22.0
DAYS >= 1.0 18 16.2 1.8
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 32 02/20
24 HR TOTAL 12.2 02/18 TO 02/18
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 7369 7236 133
SINCE 7/1 2496 2746 -250
COOLING TOTAL 387 452 -65
SINCE 1/1 387 452 -65
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/320 DATE 04/24
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/310 DATE 03/26
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 HEAVY RAIN 30
RAIN 54 LIGHT RAIN 122
FREEZING RAIN 6 LT FREEZING RAIN 12
HEAVY SNOW 5 SNOW 16
LIGHT SNOW 45 FOG 217
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 66 HAZE 37
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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THE YEAR 2014 STARTED OUT WITH SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR IN YEARS.
ARCTIC AIR SURGED INTO THE REGION ON JANUARY 1 AND PERSISTED FOR
MANY DAYS. CONCORD EXPERIENCED ITS COLDEST DAY OF THE YEAR ON
JANUARY 3 WHEN THE HIGH WAS ONLY 7 DEGREES. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE
RECORDED IN 2014 WAS ON JANUARY 4 WHEN IT FELL TO 17 BELOW ZERO.
ANOTHER UNUSUAL THING ABOUT THIS COLD SPELL WAS THAT SUCH COLD AIR
WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY SNOWFALL. NORMALLY WHEN TEMPERATURES GET TO
ZERO DEGREES OR BELOW IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE HEAVY SNOW DUE TO THE
LACK OF MOISTURE IN THE AIR. HOWEVER DURING THE EXTREME COLD ON
JANUARY 2 AND 3 A TOTAL OF 8.3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED.
WHILE NOT A RECORD AMOUNT OF SNOW, IT WAS MEMORABLE FOR THE COMBINED
EXTREME COLD AND HEAVY SNOW.
THE COLD WEATHER CONTINUED THROUGH FEBRUARY AND MARCH. FEBRUARY SAW
SEVERAL SNOWSTORMS AND CONCORD RECORDED ITS 5TH SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON
RECORD. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OF THE YEAR OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 18-19
WHEN 14.8 INCHES WAS MEASURED. WHILE MARCH WAS NOT AS SNOWY, IT MADE
UP FOR IT IN THE CONTINUED COLD TEMPERATURES. MARCH TIED FOR THE 4TH
COLDEST IN THE LAST 146 YEARS OF RECORDS. THE EXTENDED COLD WEATHER
KEPT THE WINTER SNOW PACK ON THE GROUND THROUGH THROUGH APRIL 10.
THE STRETCH OF SIX CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
ENDED IN MAY AS THE MONTH FINISHED SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. CONCORD
FIRST SAW 80 DEGREES ON MAY 12, ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER THAN NORMAL.
THE LAST FREEZE OCCURRED ON MAY 8, ABOUT A WEEK EARLIER THAN NORMAL.
THE HEAVIEST RAINSTORM OF THE YEAR OCCURRED ON JUNE 25 AND 26 WHEN
2.58 INCHES WAS RECORDED. HURRICANE ARTHUR PASSING BY OFFSHORE
BROUGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN JUST IN TIME FOR INDEPENDENCE
DAY.
THE MOST NOTABLE FACT ABOUT SUMMER 2014 WAS THE LACK OF ANY TRULY
HOT WEATHER. THERE WERE ONLY 3 DAYS THAT REACHED 90 DEGREES, WITH
THE HOTTEST DAY OCCURRING ON JULY 2 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 92.
ON AVERAGE CONCORD SEES 11.5 DAYS A YEAR REACH THE 90 DEGREE MARK.
THIS WAS THE FEWEST 90 DEGREE DAYS SINCE 1996 WHEN THERE WAS ONLY 1
DAY THAT REACHED 90. WHILE BOTH JUNE AND JULY WERE SLIGHTLY ABOVE
NORMAL, AUGUST WAS THE COOLEST IN ALMOST 30 YEARS (SINCE 1986). A
BRIEF BUT INTENSE ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN FELL ON AUGUST 13 WHEN 2.12
INCHES WAS MEASURED IN JUST A FEW HOURS. THIS CONTRIBUTED TO THE
12TH WETTEST SUMMER ON RECORD AT CONCORD.
THE WARM WEATHER THAT WAS LACKING IN AUGUST MADE A BRIEF RETURN FOR
THE FIRST PART OF SEPTEMBER BEFORE TEMPERATURES BEGAN THE GRADUAL
SLIDE INTO FALL. THE FIRST FREEZE OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 19 WHICH WAS
ABOUT A WEEK EARLIER THAN NORMAL. IN CONTRAST TO THE WET SUMMER,
SEPTEMBER WAS THE 3RD DRIEST ON RECORD. OCTOBER WAS PERSISTENTLY
WARM, ESPECIALLY IN OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES. THE TEMPERATURE
NEVER FELL BELOW 30 DEGREES, THE WARMEST OCTOBER LOW SINCE 1920.
COLD WEATHER FINALLY ARRIVED IN NOVEMBER. THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW
FELL ON NOVEMBER 17, ABOUT ONE WEEK EARLIER THAN NORMAL. A
SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM ARRIVED JUST IN TIME FOR THE BUSIEST TRAVEL
DAY OF THE YEAR RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING. FROM NOVEMBER 26 THROUGH
28 A TOTAL OF 12.6 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED, HAMPERING HOLIDAY
TRAVEL PLANS. WARMER WEATHER DOMINATED THE END OF THE YEAR, WITH THE
EARLY SEASON SNOW PACK MELTING DOWN TO JUST TRACES BY THE END OF THE
YEAR. THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE LACK OF EXTREME COLD AT THE END OF THE
YEAR. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IN DECEMBER WAS THE WARMEST SINCE
1923.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 45.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.9
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. IT WAS THE COLDEST YEAR SINCE 2009. IN THE 146
YEAR HISTORY OF WEATHER RECORDS AT CONCORD THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN 50
YEARS THAT WERE COLDER THAN 2014. THE WARMEST YEAR WAS 1878 WITH AN
AVERAGE OF 49.2 DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS 1918 AT ONLY 41.8 DEGREES.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR EACH MONTH OF
2014 INCLUDING DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BY MONTH IN 2014
MONTH MAXIMUM MINIMUM AVERAGE
JANUARY 29.1 (-1.7) 9.9 (-0.5) 19.5 (-1.1)
FEBRUARY 31.0 (-3.9) 7.8 (-6.0) 19.4 (-4.9)
MARCH 36.5 (-7.3) 14.7 (-7.8) 25.6 (-7.5)
APRIL 57.0 (-0.4) 31.2 (-1.5) 44.1 (-1.0)
MAY 69.0 (+0.1) 43.4 (+0.8) 56.2 (+0.4)
JUNE 78.6 (+1.2) 52.0 (-0.5) 65.3 (+0.4)
JULY 82.3 (-0.0) 58.5 (+0.8) 70.4 (+0.4)
AUGUST 78.8 (-2.1) 53.8 (-2.3) 66.3 (-2.2)
SEPTEMBER 73.5 (+0.9) 46.7 (-0.7) 60.1 (+0.1)
OCTOBER 61.7 (+1.2) 41.7 (+5.9) 51.7 (+3.5)
NOVEMBER 45.5 (-2.9) 25.8 (-2.4) 35.6 (-2.7)
DECEMBER 37.8 (+1.5) 24.8 (+7.6) 31.3 (+4.5)
ANNUAL 56.7 (-1.3) 34.2 (-0.6) 45.5 (-0.9)
A TOTAL OF 46.03 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL IN 2014. THIS WAS 5.42
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. 2014 RANKED AS THE 21ST WETTEST YEAR IN THE 146
YEARS OF RECORDS AT CONCORD. THE WETTEST YEAR WAS 2008 WHEN 57.99
INCHES FELL. THE DRIEST WAS 1965 WITH ONLY 24.17 INCHES. THE
FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FOR EACH
MONTH IN 2014 INCLUDING DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL.
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR 2014
MONTH PRECIPITATION SNOWFALL
JANUARY 3.21 (+0.51) 14.4 ( -0.7)
FEBRUARY 4.11 (+1.49) 35.3 (+23.0)
MARCH 3.98 (+0.71) 10.4 ( -0.7)
APRIL 2.87 (-0.54) 0.2 ( -2.6)
MAY 3.57 (-0.09) 0.0
JUNE 3.83 (+0.14) 0.0
JULY 7.49 (+3.75) 0.0
AUGUST 3.82 (+0.64) 0.0
SEPTEMBER 0.42 (-2.96) 0.0
OCTOBER 4.46 (+0.42) 0.0
NOVEMBER 3.11 (-0.61) 12.9 (+10.3)
DECEMBER 5.16 (+1.96) 3.7 (-10.8)
ANNUAL 46.03 (+5.42) 76.7 (+15.3)
THERE WERE 11 DAYS IN 2014 THAT RECORDED 1.00 OR MORE OF
PRECIPITATION. THIS WAS SLIGHTLY MORE THAN NORMAL. THE FOLLOWING
TABLE LISTS THE DAYS WHICH RECEIVED AT LEAST 1.00 INCH OF
PRECIPITATION.
DAYS WITH AT LEAST 1.00 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN 2014
DAY PRECIPITATION
JANUARY 6 1.06
MARCH 30 1.20
JUNE 25 2.32
JULY 2 1.49
JULY 3 1.22
AUGUST 13 2.12
AUGUST 21 1.23
OCTOBER 16 1.80
OCTOBER 23 1.20
NOVEMBER 26 1.13
DECEMBER 9 1.08
SNOWFALL STATISTICS ARE NORMALLY LISTED BY SEASON RATHER THAN BY
CALENDAR YEAR. HOWEVER, THE YEAR 2014 SAW 76.7 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH
WAS 15.3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. SNOW DEPTH REACHED ITS PEAK IN
FEBRUARY WITH 32 INCHES ON THE GROUND ON FEBRUARY 20. THE LAST OF
THE WINTER SNOW PACK MELTED BY THE MORNING OF APRIL 11. THE
FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE DAYS WHICH RECEIVED 6 INCHES OR MORE OF
SNOWFALL.
DAYS WITH AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN 2014
DAY SNOWFALL
JANUARY 2 6.4
FEBRUARY 5 7.8
FEBRUARY 13 6.7
FEBRUARY 18 12.2
NOVEMBER 26 10.3
THE FOLLOWING DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED IN 2014...
DATE RECORD PREVIOUS
MARCH 7 -8 - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE -8 IN 2003 /TIED/
APRIL 17 18 - COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE 18 IN 1908 /TIED/
JULY 3 1.22 - GREATEST DAILY PRECIPITATION 1.20 IN 1997
AUGUST 13 2.12 - GREATEST DAILY PRECIPITATION 1.40 IN 1933
OCTOBER 16 1.80 - GREATEST DAILY PRECIPITATION 1.35 IN 1943
NOVEMBER 26 10.3 - GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL 4.5 IN 1956
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KIMBLE